Louisiana State Police early on Sunday arrested a uniformed U.S. Army sergeant in West Baton Rouge Parish who was allegedly on his way to Fort Bragg, N.C. with 23 pounds of marijuana.

Shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday (Feb. 16), a state trooper stopped a Chrysler 200 traveling east on Interstate 10, west of Louisiana 415, for a traffic violation.

The driver, Sgt. Horace Brown, 30, of Cantonment, Fla., was on active duty and reportedly told police he was traveling from Fort Polk to Fort Bragg, N.C., locations of U.S. Army installations.

Brown reportedly gave troopers, who a Louisiana State Police press release says had become suspicious of Brown, permission to search the car. Troopers allegedly found 23 pounds of marijuana, which appeared to be separated into at least two shrink-wrapped packages and hidden in a duffle bag.

Brown was charged with possession and attempt to distribute marijuana and improper lane use. State police contacted the army’s criminal investigations division regarding Brown’s arrest and booked him into the West Baton Rouge Parish jail.